Saint Anthony of Padua Church Fifth Sunday of Easter May 14, 2017

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Saint Anthony of Padua Church

Fifth Sunday of Easter

May 14, 2017

853 Third Avenue, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07202

Parish Phone: (908) 351-3300 Parish Fax: (908) 351-3609

Convent Phone: (908) 354-0825 School Phone (908) 352-7419

Web page: http://www.stanthonyelizabeth.com

Email: [email protected]

Pastoral Staff:

Rev. Oscar Martin Dominguez, Pastor Rev. Juan Carlos Zapata, Parochial Vicar

Eucharist:

Daily: Chapel 8:30 am

Monday, Thursday: 7:00 pm (Spanish) Saturday: 5:00 pm, 7:00 pm (Spanish)

Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 noon (Spanish)

Next Holy Day of Obligation

April 16, 2017 Easter Sunday

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Thursday: Holy Hour following 7 pm Mass Hora Santa después de la misa 7 pm

Office Hours:

Daily (Diario) 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Saturday (Sábado) 10:00 - 12:00 noon

Baptism/Bautizos:

Baptisms in English are the first and third Saturday of each month. Arrangements should be made one month in advance. Parents should be registered parishioners.

Los Bautizos son el 2do y 4to sábado de cada mes. Deben de pasar por la oficina para coordinar la fecha por lo menos con un mes de anticipación. Deben de estar inscritos en la parroquia para solicitar un bautismo.

Marriage/Matrimonio:

Please arrange with the priest at least one year in advance. Por favor de separar fecha con el sacerdote y un año de anticipación.

Reconciliation/Reconciliación:

Every Saturday (Cada Sábado) 4:00 PM—5:00 PM

Religious Education/Catecismo:

English: Sunday at 9:00 am in the Grammar school Español: Sábado a las 10:00 am se reúnen en la cafetería

de la escuela.

Sponsorship/Godparent Certificates

You must be an active parishioner for at least 6 months to receive a Certificate of eligibility to be a sponsor or godparent.

Debe ser un feligrés activo durante al menos 6 meses para recibir un certificado de elegibilidad para ser un patrocinador o padrino.

Staff:

Ms. Rose Perone, Trustee & English Rel. Ed. Mrs. Mary Wilk, Parish Secretary

Mrs. Teresa Marin, Spanish Rel. Ed. Mr. Will Villanueva, Trustee Mr. Michael Faccone, Office

MISSION STATEMENT

St. Anthony of Padua Parish is committed to the Celebration of God’s presence among His people through meaningful, well prepared liturgy, prayerful gatherings, evangelization and faith formation. We recognize and welcome the richness of our culturally and ethnically diverse community. We strive to nurture and develop these differences by encouraging all our brothers and sisters to share their gifts so we may strengthen our community and become one.

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MASS INTENTIONS FOR MAY 14, 2017

TO MAY 20, 2017

SATURDAY (May 13) Our Lady of Fatima

8:30 CARMELA MADORMA/ Daughter Dolly 5:00 VELTRE FAMILY/ Piga & Dubell Families 7:00 VARIOUS INTENTIONS

SUNDAY (May 14) Fifth Sunday of Easter

8:00 FOR ALL THE

10:30 MOTHERS OF

12:00 THE PARISH

MONDAY (May 15) Easter Weekday, St. Isidore

8:30 MARIA DI PAOLA/ Marito e figlio 7:00 VARIOUS INTENTIONS

TUESDAY (May 16) Easter Weekday

8:30 RUSSELL HARRIS/ John Sacco & Family

WEDNESDAY (May 17) Easter Weekday

8:30 ONOFRIO CHILLEMI/ Antonia Chillemi

THURSDAY (May 18) Easter Weekday, St. John I

8:30 DOMENIC, MARY, JOSEPHINE &

MIMMIE CHIRICO/ Carmela Chirico 7:00 VARIOUS INTENTIONS

FRIDAY (May 19) Easter Weekday

8:30 RUSSELL HARRIS/ Sons of Peterstown

SATURDAY (May 20) Easter Weekday,

St. Berrnardine of Siena

8:30 JOSEPHINE QUAQUARUCCI/ Rose Perone 5:00 GERARDO ROSA/ Silvio & Famiglia 7:00 VARIOUS INTENTIONS

SUNDAY (May 21) Sixth Sunday of Easter

8:00 CHRISTINA CARPIGNANO/ Family

10:30 GIUSEPPINA MUSCARITOLO/ Maria Luisa & Fernando Rinaldi 12:00 VARIOUS INTENTIONS

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH, especially Carmen Alava Louise Barile Oran Bryant Karen Bulloch Caterina Campbell Isaac Castañeda Orlando Chavez Wayne Cook Mary Cusmano

Leonor Sepulveda De Devia Marianna Dubell

Maria Espinoza Mario Fronzoni Denise Griest Ann Harris

Jared Leonardo Henao Jacob Hinman

Joshua Hinman

Annette Irizarry Jacome Joseph B. Jean-Mary Michelle Johnson Lindsay LaMarre John Lapolla Theresa Lattanzio Rosa Leon Elvin Martinez Angelo Meo Leonarda Merlo James D. Milazzo Carmen Mistichelli Carlos Moran

Declan Rocco O’Connor Robergeau Paul Maria Perdomo Laura Philipone Peter Philipone Frank Pierre Anne Piga

Raul Atilio Portillo Carmen Fojo Prieto Edith Quijada Endy Quijada

Oscar Eduardo Ramírez Sergio Ricciardi Angel Rivera Isadora Rodriguez Magdalena Rodriguez John Ruela Maria Saavedra Salvatore Saluccio Hugo Santa Maria Frank Tinnirella Rosalie Tinnirella Angela Verlengeri John Veltre

O U R O F F E R T O R Y

COLLECTION is shown below.

We sincerely thank all those parishioners and friends who contributed to the parish.

Be assured that the Lord will never be

outdone in rewarding those who give even a glass of water in His Name.

Weekly Offering 5:00 PM 447 7:00 PM 825 8:00 AM 377 10:30 AM 651 12:00 Noon 1574 Mail Total $3,874 Monthly Assessment 165 360 158 330 955 $1,808

SECOND COLLECTION

The second collection this weekend is for

the Communicating God’s Word Appeal.

ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO THEM, O LORD! We remember those who have died in the

peace of Christ, especially: Angela J. Trabucco.

The ALTAR BREAD AND WINE are donated this

week in memory of Russell Harris donated by Wife

Ann & Family.

The SANCTUARY LIGHT will burn by the

tabernacle this week in memory of Angela Tripodi

donated by her sister, Tina.

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WEEKLY HOMILY / HOMILÍA SEMANAL

Fifth Sunday of Easter/Quinto Domingo de Pascua Ciclo/Cycle A

In today’s Gospel Phillip, one of the disciples, asked Jesus: “Show us the Father, and that

will be enough for us?” And Christ answers to him: “Have I been with you so long a time and you

still do not know me? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? At this

moment Christ is not only giving a clear and straightforward answer to Phillip and the rest of the

apostles, but He wanted to bring them to something more deep than to a simple rational knowledge

of the Father almighty. Because in this answer of Christ is unveiled the unity, or better said the

communion of persons, “The one who sees me sees the Father.” To this communion, common

union, Christ is calling all of us today. So we can experience the love of the Father. This answer of

Christ not only makes a reference to his relationship with the Father, but to something more

profound. Further in the Gospel we will see Jesus identifying himself with his disciples and

followers, as we read: “the one who receives you, receives me and the one who receives me

receives him who sent me…” For this same reason, this specific knowledge of the Father, this

intimate relationship between Jesus and the Father brings forward Christians to make themselves

one with Christ and the almighty Father. Logically, this has to put a question to ourselves: How can

I achieve this kind of communion with Jesus and the Father? This is what we are celebrating every

Sunday at mass, the fact that we have been able to receive Holy Communion, makes us to enter in

this total and intimate relationship with the Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Not only for

our personal growth, but in order to those who surrounded us, the whole wide world, seeing us they

can see Christ, an as consequence, they can bless the Father creator of everything in heaven and on

earth. May God bless you always.

En el Evangelio de este Domingo uno de los discípulos, Felipe, le pregunto a Jesús:

“¿Muéstranos al Padre y nos bastara?” Y Cristo le respondió: “Felipe, ¿Tanto tiempo que estoy con

vosotros, y no me conoces? El que me ha visto a mi, ha visto al Padre.” Aquí Cristo, no solamente

esta dando una respuesta más o menos convincente a Felipe, sino que Jesús lo quiere llevar a algo

mucho más profundo que un simple conocimiento externo del Padre. Ya que, en la respuesta de

Cristo, vemos la unidad, o mejor dicho, comunión de personas, “El que me ha visto a mi, ha visto al

Padre.” Ha esta comunión, común unión, nos esta llamando Cristo a todos nosotros hoy. Para poder

así experimentar al Padre. Pero esta respuesta de Jesús, no solo se refiere a su relación con su Padre,

sino que, más adelante en el Evangelio, Cristo se identifica con sus discípulos, y dice: “El que os

reciba a vosotros, a mi me recibe, y el que me recibe a mi, recibe a aquel que me ha enviado.” Por

esto, este conocimiento del Padre, esta relación de intimidad con Cristo y con el Padre Celestial,

lleva a los cristianos a hacerse uno con Cristo y con el Padre todopoderoso. Lógicamente, esto nos

lleva a preguntarnos: ¿Y como puedo Yo alcanzar esta comunión con Jesús y su Padre? Pues, eso es

lo que celebramos el Domingo durante la santa misa, el poder recibir la gracia de entrar en

comunión con Dios, Padre, Hijo, y Espíritu Santo, no solamente para nuestro propio crecimiento

personal, sino para que todos los que nos rodean, es decir, el mundo entero, viéndonos puedan ver a

Cristo, y así poder alabar y bendecir al Padre creador de todas las cosas del cielo y de la tierra. Que

Dios me los bendiga todos ustedes, a sus familias.

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Welcome/ Bienvenidos

Welcome New Parishioners! We are happy to have you with us. We would like to invite you to register at the parish office during the week. Registration is essential for sponsor/witness letters. If you move or change your address,

please call the rectory.

¡Bienvenidos a los nuevos feligreses! Nos da mucho gusto de que estén con nosotros. Los invitamos a inscribirse en nuestra oficina entre semana. Tienen que estar inscritos para recibir cartas verificando su participación en la Iglesia.

Ministry to the Sick and Homebound

The parish family of St. Anthony’s seeks to reach out and include the sick, the elderly, and the homebound in the life and prayers of our parish.

Please contact the parish office if someone wants to receive Communion or needs to see the priest for the sacraments of Confession and Anointing of the Sick.

*TUESDAY: Novena to St. Anthony (After 8:30 AM Mass — Chapel) *THURSDAY: Holy Hour after 7:00 PM Mass

*FRIDAY: 7:30 PM Spanish Prayer Group

St. Anthony’s Food Pantry

St. Anthony’s runs a Food Pantry once a month. The next day for the Food Pantry will be Wednesday, May

24 from 12:30-1:30 PM. Enter through the 3rd Avenue

Basement. Please bring some form of identification.

FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS

Our Food Pantry is in need of food. Please drop off your food to help feed those in need of our parish in the baskets at the back of the church or at the rectory.

Lectors for the Weekend of May 20-21, 2017

Saturday, May 20

5:00 PM Mark Cosmas

7:00 PM Senon Herrera y Maria Duran (C: Teresa Marin)

Sunday, May 21

8:00 AM Jennifer Markowycz 10:30 AM Francesca Merendino

12:00 Noon Norma Frutos y Rafaela Avelar (C: Sandra Bonilla)

EMHC for the Weekend of May 20-21, 2017 (Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion)

Saturday, May 20

5:00 PM Joe Gambino

7:00 PM Reina Yanes, Salomon Yanes Sunday, May 21

8:00 AM Mary Wilk

10:30 AM Maria Agliata, Gino Merendino and Cristian Moron

12:00 Noon Ana Marte, Melida Canela, Marisa Puello y Miguel Hernandez

RCIA

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is the process the Catholic Community provides to welcome adults who wish to become Catholic and to prepare adult Catholics to receive Confirmation (and when needed, First Eucharist.) Please contact the Parish for more information.

TODAY'S READINGS

First Reading -- To meet their growing needs, the

community chooses seven reputable men to serve

the new Greek believers (Acts 6:1-7).

Psalm -- Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we

place our trust in you (Psalm 33).

Second Reading -- We, like living stones, let

ourselves be built into a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:4

-9).

Gospel -- "Show us the Father," Philip asks Jesus.

To which Jesus replies: "Whoever sees me, sees

the Father" (John 14:1-12).

LECTURAS DE HOY

Primera lectura -- Eligieron a siete hombres,

llenos del Espíritu Santo (Hechos 6:1-7).

Salmo -- Señor, que tu misericordia esté con

nosotros mientras ponemos nuestra confianza en

ti (Salmo 33 [32]).

Segunda lectura -- Ustedes son una raza elegida,

un reino de sacerdotes (1 Pedro 2:4-9).

Evangelio -- Yo soy el camino, la verdad y la vida

(Juan 14:1-12).

MOTHERHOOD

All mothers are working mothers.

--Anonymous

MATERNIDAD

Todas las madres son madres que

trabajan.

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READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-4, 15-16;

Jn 14:21-26

Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145:10-13ab, 21;

Jn 14:27-31a

Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-5; Jn 15:1-8

Thursday: Acts 15:7-21; Ps 96:1-3, 10; Jn 15:9-11

Friday: Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-10, 12; Jn 15:12-17

Saturday: Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-3, 5; Jn 15:18-21

Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20;

1 Pt 3:15-18 or 1 Pt 4:13-16;

Jn 14:15-21 or Jn 17:1-11a

FACEBOOK

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page (facebook.com, search “St. Anthony of

Padua Elizabeth NJ”) for daily scripture

readings and to see an electronic version of

this bulletin.

LAST DAY OF CLASSES

The last day of classes for English CCD

for the 2016-2017 year is Sunday, May 14.

SUMMER BASKETBALL PROGRAM

Rutgers University—Newark will be

running its 17th annual Summer

BASKETBALL Program for children ages

6-17. The program is July 10-14, July 17-21,

July 24-28 and July 31-August 4, 2017 from

8:30 –4pm. We offer early drop off and late

pick up Free of Charge. The cost for one

week is only $160. Discount rates if you

attend more than one week. For more

information / brochure, please call Joe

Loughran at 973-353-1483.

LONGING

The hand will not reach out for

what the heart does not long for.

--German proverb

THE WAY

Today we sense the apostles' trepidation

as they begin to realize that the Lord would

soon be leaving them. In their fear, they ask,

"Master, we do not know where you are going;

how can we know the way?" (John 14:5).

Jesus tells them that he is the way. The Easter

season has been a time of growing in Easter

faith so that we, too, may learn to know that

Jesus is the way. We can take comfort in the

Lord's promise that he is going to his Father's

house to prepare a place for us, his chosen

people who have been called out of darkness

into God's wonderful light. As the paschal

candle continues to burn during this holy

season, let us remember that in baptism we

were given the light of Christ. With Christ our

light as the beacon lighting our way, let us

march toward the glory of Pentecost.

(c) Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co

EL CAMINO

Hoy sentimos la perturbación de los apóstoles

cuando empiezan a darse cuenta de que el Señor

pronto los dejará. Temerosos preguntan: "Señor, no

sabemos a dónde vas ¿cómo podemos saber el

camino?" (Juan 14:5). Jesús les dice que él es el

camino. El tiempo de Pascua ha sido un tiempo para

crecer en la fe pascual para que, así también, nosotros

podamos darnos cuenta de que Jesús es el camino.

Nos consuela la promesa del Señor de que va a la casa

de su Padre a preparar un lugar para nosotros, su

pueblo elegido que ha sido llamado de las tinieblas a

la luz admirable de Dios. Mientras el cirio pascual

continúa ardiendo en este tiempo santo, recordemos

que en nuestro bautismo nos dieron la luz de Cristo.

Con Cristo, nuestra luz como faro iluminando nuestro

camino, marchemos hacia la gloria de Pentecostés.

(c) Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.